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{{Villain_Infobox|Image = | {{Villain_Infobox|Image = Kissinger.jpg|fullname = Henry Alfred Kissinger|alias = Heinz Alfred Kissinger|occupation = U.S. Secretary of State (1973 - 1977)<br>U.S. National Security Adviser (1969 - 1975)|skills = Foreign advisor for Nixon and Ford (formerly) | ||
Living a life of relative ease as a celebrated war hero, despite his [[crimes against humanity]].|hobby = Bombing Cambodia and Vietnam | |||
Denying his [[war crimes]]|goals = Bomb Cambodia to kill North Vietnamese soldiers (succeeded) | |||
Kill thousands of innocent Cambodians (succeeded) | |||
Support brutal dictatorships in Chile, Pakistan, and Cambodia (succeeded) | |||
Get away with war crimes, and be deemed as a hero instead (succeeded)|type of villain = Celebrated War Criminal and Terrorist|crimes = War Crimes | |||
Terrorism | |||
Corruption | |||
Crimes Against Humanity | |||
Human Rights Violations | |||
Ethnic Cleansing | |||
Genocide | |||
Human Right Abuses | |||
Racism | |||
Classism}} | |||
{{Quote|The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.|Henry Kissinger}} | {{Quote|The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.|Henry Kissinger}} | ||
'''Henry Alfred Kissinger''' (May 27, 1923 | '''Henry Alfred Kissinger''' (born in Furth Germany on May 27<sup>th</sup>, 1923) is an American diplomat and political scientist who served as National Security Adviser under [[Richard Nixon]] and Gerald Ford (1969 - 1975) and Secretary Of State under Gerald Ford (1973-1977) among other advisory roles, and is the founder and chairman of Kissinger Associates an international consulting firm founded in 1982. | ||
A Jewish refugee who fled [[Nazi Party|Nazi Germany]] with his family in 1938, he became a National Security Advisor in 1969 and U.S. Secretary of State in 1973. For his actions negotiating a ceasefire in Vietnam, Kissinger received the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize under controversial circumstances, with two members of the committee resigning in protest. Kissinger later sought, unsuccessfully, to return the prize after the ceasefire failed. | A Jewish refugee who fled [[Nazi Party|Nazi Germany]] with his family in 1938, he became a National Security Advisor in 1969 and U.S. Secretary of State in 1973. For his actions negotiating a ceasefire in Vietnam, Kissinger received the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize under controversial circumstances, with two members of the committee resigning in protest. Kissinger later sought, unsuccessfully, to return the prize after the ceasefire failed. | ||
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== Villainy == | == Villainy == | ||
Due to his controversial and borderline illegal actions as National Security | Due to his controversial and borderline illegal actions as National Security Adviser and Secretary of State, he is considered by many a war criminal. | ||
This is for overseeing the mass bombings of Cambodia and Laos during the Nixon administration (especially during the [[Vietnam War]]) resulting in the deaths of between 50,000 - 150,000 Cambodian men, women, and children rather than the intended targets of North Vietnamese troops and [[Viet Cong]] militias. | |||
These bombings destabilized governments while displaying Kissinger's callous disregard for human life. | These bombings destabilized governments while displaying Kissinger's callous disregard for human life. | ||
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These bombings led to the rise of the [[Khmer Rouge]] and [[Pol Pot]], who carried out a [[Cambodian Genocide|genocide]] against millions of Vietnamese and Cambodian civilians. | These bombings led to the rise of the [[Khmer Rouge]] and [[Pol Pot]], who carried out a [[Cambodian Genocide|genocide]] against millions of Vietnamese and Cambodian civilians. | ||
Another crime of his was his pivotal involvement in pressuring Nixon to overthrow democratically elected president Salvador Allende of Chile in 1973. He oversaw the overthrow of the government and its replacement with the regime of [[Augusto Pinochet]], a mass | Another crime of his was his pivotal involvement in pressuring Nixon to overthrow democratically elected president Salvador Allende of Chile in 1973. He oversaw the overthrow of the government and its replacement with the regime of [[Augusto Pinochet]], a mass murdering dictator who killed several thousands of his own citizens and interned and tortured thousands more; this was apart of [[Operation Condor]], a multi-year campaign of [[state terrorism]] in South America that was backed by the CIA and established a number of right-wing military dictatorships in South America in order to prevent communism from taking hold in South America. | ||
Kissinger was involved in providing arms to the [[Suharto]] regime during their invasion of East Timor. He also showed his support for the [[Yahya Khan]] regime in Pakistan, ignoring the fact that the Pakistani government was carrying out a [[ | Kissinger was involved in providing arms to the [[Suharto]] regime during their invasion of East Timor.He also showed his support for the [[Yahya Khan]] regime in Pakistan, ignoring the fact that the Pakistani government was carrying out a [[genocide]] in East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. | ||
Kissinger also acted as [[UNITA]]'s lifeline to the U.S. during the early years of the Angolan Civil War. The U.S. was well known for their support of UNITA and their leader, [[Jonas Savimbi]], during the [[Cold War]], as UNITA was the main opposition to the Soviet Union-backed [[MPLA]] regime of [[José Eduardo dos Santos]]. The U.S. supplied UNITA with aid and weapons; they also supplied weapons to [[Apartheid]] South Africa, | Kissinger also acted as [[UNITA]]'s lifeline to the U.S. during the early years of the Angolan Civil War. The U.S. was well known for their support of UNITA and their leader, [[Jonas Savimbi]], during the [[Cold War]], as UNITA was the main opposition to the Soviet Union-backed [[MPLA]] regime of [[José Eduardo dos Santos]]. The U.S. supplied UNITA with aid and weapons; they also supplied weapons to [[Apartheid]] South Africa, who were allies with UNITA. | ||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Henry Kissinger.jpg | Henry Kissinger.jpg | ||
Henry Kissinger en 1976.jpg | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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